Here are some excerpts from and links to some very short writing that made my day better and hopefully makes your day better too. “Doesn’t it make you feel like an old-timey big-city career girl, carrying parcels up your stoop, struggling to unlock your door, when a handsome stranger in a suit comes up outta […]

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